The authors both serve on the American Arbitration Association’s national panel of arbitrators for commercial and construction disputes and both are Fellows of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. Mrs. Ittig, an attorney in Ittig & Ittig, P.C., based in Washington, D.C., is also a Fellow of both the American College of Construction Lawyers and The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London). The authors can be reached by e-mail, Mrs. Ittig at jbi@ittig-ittig.com and Mr. Coleman at hcoleman@roadrunner. com.